I have an order for (the state of) Texas flag cookies coming up in a few weeks. I planned to frost my cookies with red, white and blue royal icing. I had the idea of making white fondant stars because I have a cutter that is the perfect size and that shape will be much more precise than anything i could pipe.

1.) Can I put the dried fondant star in wet, blue royal icing? or will it melt or just not dry correctly?

2.) If I wait and affix the dry fondant star to dry royal icing, how do I do that? a dot of royal icing? Meringue powder and water?

I have used fondant cutouts with wet royal icing before with success. If you think about itl, piping fresh royal icing onto a fondant cake doesn’t cause any erosion of the fondant—if you make a mistake you can wipe it off. So, I think this should work as long as the royal icing isn’t too wet.

To be on the safe side, I would cut out the fondant stars ahead of time and let them dry a bit if you have time.

Thank you all so much for your help! I did it both ways. I let the royal icing dry and then applied the stars with a dot of RI and also put the stars in wet royal icing, they both working perfectly. I actually do prefer the stars inset a little bit too.

aww, thank you guys! I appreciate it! I have a new question for you. How does fondant handle freezing? Could i put these cookies in the freezer and then un-thaw them in a few days? I freeze and un-thaw frosted cookies all the time, but never with fondant pieces. I am hoping you can help! Thanks!

Here we go! I will post all of my Texas cookies after the last wedding this weekend on my blog! Whew, Texas flag cookies were taking over my kitchen for awhile! =D
Thank you everyone for your help!
p.s. fondant can be frozen on cookies and thawed!